Federal contractor · WASHINGTON, DC

CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)

CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE) received $188K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 3 awards (−39% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $3.1M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($124.7K). It also received $31.1M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$188K
New awards
3
Sole-source
34%
Single offer
66%
UEI
C31ES3WEAVQ5
Other than small businessNonprofitEducational institution
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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

3 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $198.8K in FY2026 together.

  1. CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)WASHINGTON, DC · Family page
    $188K
  2. CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE)WASHINGTON, DC
    $10.8K
  3. CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA THEWASHINGTON, DC
    $0

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 331.9KFY2017
  2. 361.3KFY2018
  3. 309.8KFY2019
  4. 476.9KFY2020
  5. 241.9KFY2021
  6. 362.9KFY2022
  7. 272.1KFY2023
  8. 290.3KFY2024
  9. 310.6KFY2025
  10. 188KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$124.7K66%
    1 awards
  2. National Institutes of Health$49.4K26%
    1 awards
  3. Department of Veterans Affairs$14K7.4%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Education & social services$124.7K66%
  2. Research & development$63.4K34%

Where the work was performed

  1. Montgomery County, MD$124.7K66%
  2. District of Columbia, DC$63.4K34%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $188K
  • Sole-source awards34%
    US 30% · $63.4K
  • Single-offer competitions66%
    US 8.7% · $124.7K
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ALGORITHM AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT FOR CARDIOVASCULAR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGE QUANTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS$155.7K
    National Institutes of Health· District of Columbia, DC· Research & development· May 3, 2024 – May 29, 2026· 75N92024P00156
  2. BPA CALL FOR TW0 (2) ACOUSTIC CLASSES$124.7K
    Department of the Navy· Montgomery County, MD· Education & social services· Jan 7, 2026 – Jan 7, 2026· N0016726F1038
  3. FUNCTIONAL TISSUE MODEL PROGRAM: 821 MEDICAL RESEARCH$30K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· District of Columbia, DC· Research & development· Jun 30, 2025 – Jun 22, 2026· 36C24525C0098

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE) received $31.1M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 200 actions (30 new awards), +2.9% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 43.001 · Science ($20.6M).

Assistance · FY2026
$31.1M
New awards
30
Actions
200
Since FY2021
$171M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 33.3MFY2021
  2. 22MFY2022
  3. 26.3MFY2023
  4. 27.9MFY2024
  5. 30.3MFY2025
  6. 31.1MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$27.9M89%
  2. Direct payments$3M9.5%
  3. Other assistance$300.8K1.0%

Top programs

  1. 43.001 · Science$20.6M66%
  2. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$2.1M6.9%
  3. 93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research$1.1M3.4%
  4. 93.279 · Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs$1.1M3.4%
  5. 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences$875K2.8%
  6. 84.116 · Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education$627K2.0%
  7. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$583.5K1.9%
  8. 93.732 · Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants$578.8K1.9%

Awarding agencies

  1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$20.6M66%
  2. Department of Education$3.3M11%
  3. National Institutes of Health$3M9.6%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  4. Health Resources and Services Administration$2M6.4%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  5. National Science Foundation$1.1M3.6%
  6. Employment and Training Administration$627K2.0%
    Department of Labor
  7. Department of Energy$450.8K1.4%
  8. Department of the Air Force$103.8K0.3%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. WE PROPOSE TO SUPPORT THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PROGRAM OF NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER S HELIOPHYSICS SCIENCE DIVISION (HSD)…$97M
    43.001 · Science· National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Cooperative agreement· Jul 8, 2021 – Aug 17, 2026· 80NSSC21M0180
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$5.1M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 21, 2025 – Sep 16, 2026· P063P251237
  3. PATIENT-CENTERED, HOME-BASED TECHNOLOGIES TO ASSESS AND TREAT MOTOR IMPAIRMENT IN INDIVIDUALS WITH NEUROLOGIC INJURY$4.6M
    93.433 · Acl National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research· Administration for Community Living· Grant· Jan 27, 2021 – Jul 15, 2026· 90REGE0004
  4. ALCOHOL-INDUCED CHANGES IN HEPATIC MICROTUBULES: MECHANISMS AND CONSEQUENCES$3M
    93.273 · Alcohol Research Programs· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· May 28, 2021 – Jun 30, 2026· R01AA017626
  5. SCHOLARSHIPS FOR DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS$3M
    93.925 · Scholarships for Health Professions Students From Disadvantaged Backgrounds· Health Resources and Services Administration· Project grant· May 19, 2021 – Jun 9, 2026· T0839313
  6. ENGINEERING BACTERIOPHAGE T4 AS A TARGETED GENE THERAPY DRUG FOR IN VIVO HIV CURE - THIS PROPOSAL AIMS TO ESTABLISH A NEW CATEGORY OF SAFE…$3M
    93.279 · Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs· National Institutes of Health· Project grant· May 24, 2024 – Sep 14, 2026· DP1DA060580

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $37.7M (16 subawards)

15 sub-recipients

  1. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY$16.5M44%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 1 subaward
  2. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK$7.5M20%
    COLLEGE PARK, MD · 1 subaward
  3. GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY$7.4M20%
    FAIRFAX, VA · 1 subaward
  4. UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION$5.1M13%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward
  5. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$289.3K0.8%
    BOULDER, CO · 1 subaward
  6. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$246.4K0.7%
    ANN ARBOR, MI · 2 subawards
  7. SYNTEK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$212.3K0.6%
    FAIRFAX, VA · 1 subaward
  8. WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION$185.5K0.5%
    MORGANTOWN, WV · 1 subaward
  9. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE$162.5K0.4%
    BERKELEY, CA · 1 subaward
  10. UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH$85.2K0.2%
    BOULDER, CO · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $1.1M (11 subawards)

11 primes

  1. CORNELL UNIVERSITY$270K25%
    ITHACA, NY · 1 subaward
  2. GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)$172.2K16%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward
  3. COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY$152K14%
    WILLIAMSBURG, VA · 1 subaward
  4. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$150K14%
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA · 1 subaward
  5. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK$72.5K6.7%
    COLLEGE PARK, MD · 1 subaward
  6. GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY$70.6K6.5%
    FAIRFAX, VA · 1 subaward
  7. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE$52.3K4.8%
    BERKELEY, CA · 1 subaward
  8. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES$47.1K4.3%
    LOS ANGELES, CA · 1 subaward
  9. AUBURN UNIVERSITY$37.6K3.5%
    AUBURN, AL · 1 subaward
  10. COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY$35K3.2%
    FORT COLLINS, CO · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $6.5M paid out · $4.8M received
  • FY2022: $15.7M paid out · $6.2M received
  • FY2023: $42.6M paid out · $855.5K received
  • FY2024: $66.9M paid out · $17.3M received
  • FY2025: $20.5M paid out · $10.2M received
  • FY2026: $37.7M paid out · $1.1M received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

32 companies · $190M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY$80.7M
    BALTIMORE, MD · 15 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK$42.4M
    COLLEGE PARK, MD · 14 subawards
  3. GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY$34.2M
    FAIRFAX, VA · 17 subawards

Primes that pay it

35 companies · $44.2M reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK$33.4M
    COLLEGE PARK, MD · 8 subawards
  2. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GOVERNMENT$3.7M
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward
  3. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE$1.1M
    BALTIMORE, MD · 2 subawards

Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 4 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS$717K+29% in FY2026
    SAINT PAUL, MN · 79% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  2. STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT STONY BROOK$748.7K−58% in FY2026
    STONY BROOK, NY · 79% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools
  3. ARKANSAS COLLEGES OF HEALTH EDUCATION$755K−51% in FY2026
    FORT SMITH, AR · 79% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Colleges, universities, and professional schools

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Lobbying and PAC activity

Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.

Across the company family of CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA (THE) (3 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • The Catholic University of AmericaAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2023
$170K
4 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2024
$280K

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$170K
    4 reports
  2. 2024$110K
    3 reports

Top issues

  1. Education1 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES1 reports

Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).

Lobbying firms hired

  1. Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.$280K
    7 reports

Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Oct 5, 2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.